Qotd: Assuming the theory that gym leaders lower the battle difficulty to match the trainer, which gym leader would actually be the strongest?

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QotD: Assuming the theory that gym leaders lower the battle difficulty to match the trainer, which gym leader would actually be the strongest?

Helpful Considerations: Sabrina? Giovanni? Clair? Raihan?

He was made a champion, so that’s gotta count for something. My vote goes to Sabrina when her daddy issues doesn’t interfere with her voodoo.

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Brock, he’s as hard as it gets

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IYKYK

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I’d go with Sabrina. If that Alakazam and that Kadabra didn’t have the AI of a coffee pot they would have been a massive pain. Psychic in gen 1 was so good.

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Watch the Pokemon World Coronation Series. Cynthia and Diantha are pretty amazing.

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It would have to be a champion since the idea of running a monotype team will always be easy enough to counter with some batman prep time.

But you said gym leader so I guess my vote for best monotype team leader would have to be…

Blue from the HGSS viridian gym
Because it’s not monotype


Monotype leaders is the biggest difficulty nerf we have grown used to

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My answer would also be brock, it only makes sense that they make the very best of them the very first as he’s also the best scaling his skills and pokemon

or perhaps it doesn’t make sense, but giant rock snake will anyway devour everything

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I’d have to give it to Chuck; he just screams “strong!”

As a more serious answer, I actually think Korrina might be my choice. She has access to mega Lucario that she chooses not to battle the player with. Who knows how strong she could actually be if she were, say, the 8th gym leader (and not in X and Y)!

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